crocodile Archive

World’s Oldest Fossilized Skin Discovered In Oklahoma – It’s Nearly 300 Million Years Old

AncientPages.com | January 15, 2024

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers have identified a fragment of the world's oldest fossilized skin! The fossil, which belongs to a reptile resembling modern crocodiles, is nearly

Archaeology

Ancient Giant Amphibians Swam Like Crocodiles 250 Million Years Ago – New Study

AncientPages.com | March 31, 2023

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com - Ancient 2-meter-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed according to a new study. During the Late Permian Period, just

Archaeology

Sobek: A 2,500-Year-Old Mummified Nile Crocodile – On Display At The British Museum

AncientPages.com | December 9, 2015

AncientPages.com - Sobek was a 2,500-year old crocodile worshipped in life by the ancient Egyptians and mummified with all due reverence after death. The ancient Egyptians worshipped this